For the first time in years, Hazel's school had a "code blue" last week. That means the school was all locked down, nobody in or out. I was at the YMCA with the same deal, but they just called it a lock down, no code blue for them. I was there for 3+ hours, but thankfully, my friends were there so the kids all played, but after that long, they were kind of tired of the same little play room. There was a shooter on the loose and about 1.5 miles from my house. I had left my doors unlocked and was kind of nervous to return home and go through all the rooms to check things out by myself. Honestly, I went to my neighbors house first and was about to go ask him if he'd go through it first and realized, that's not the nicest thing to ask someone to do. So I did it, but wasn't thrilled about it.
Then the next day, they found and shot the guy. Which actually made me really sad, the fact that they killed him anyway. I don't know what went down, but in reading about him, he sounds like he was a really good man that was quite charitable and just snapped. It made me sad for people that hurt so bad or feel on the verge of something crazy when they're good people and just don't know the way to get it out.
The day after that I went into Hazel's school to volunteer and saw a policeman checking out the playground. Hmm. Whatever, guess they're being careful after all that? But then they unlocked the office door and hustled me and two other ladies in saying there was another code blue. What? Apparently there was a bank robbed 1/2 mile from the school and probably 1/10 mile from our house--basically right behind the apartments in our back yard. He was also on the loose. I texted Josh while I was hanging out in the office and he wrote back, "Where do we live?"
The next night there was a shooting at a fancy shopping mall near us too.
I'm not sure, but I think our national ratings for being one of the safest places you can live might drop.
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I of course knew about the first one, but I hadn't heard about the other two. Crazy stuff! It does help to know that the schools lock down so efficiently and so FAST that our kids are safe. When Allison's school was on what they call "Code Red" last year, meaning the danger is on campus not just nearby, we got a call saying the school had been locked down within two minutes, and all children were accounted for. Allison's teacher barricaded the door with a table and shelves. The kids all peed themselves and sat under a table in a corner for three hours. Allison's teacher was her hero after that.
Sadly, we do live in one of the safest places. It's much worse in a lot of the world, a lot of our state even.
I felt really sad too, at the conclusion of the Allman shooting. I don't know him, I don't know if he was a good man, but I hated to hear people say horrible things. Judgement comes so fast. Yes of course what he did was horrible. Those families who lost loved ones will never be the same. That company will never be. Our kids were effected indirectly. Still, he was a person in so much pain, so much confusion that he broke. A broken person isn't something to celebrate, and it made me sad.
So scary! I'm glad you and your family are ok!
Very glad no harm came to you or yours.
And I guess it shows a lack of compassion on my part, but anyone who would put innocent lives at risk deserves what he got. But that's a prosecutor talking.
Yeah, your area is so dangerous that I just had to get out of there. Ha.
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